Game companies always come out with interesting marketing ideas to promote their upcoming games . Following this trend , Ubisoft has taken a slightly different course for promoting their latest game Watch Dogs . Ubisoft has released a new app called H_IDE ( HIDE ) to promote its upcoming game Watch Dogs . An app for promoting Games ? though games likes Battlefield 4 and Call of duty : Ghosts have an app for Android and iOS to assist gamers in the multiplayer mode . But in case of Watch Dogs the app doesn’t help in anyway inside the game . the H_IDE app is just a fun app . Lets check out what the H_IDE app does .

Any guesses what this app does ? well you would have known about this from the headline itself . The H_IDE app allows you to encrypt and send picture , voice and text messages through your phone .

Its a fun way to send a private message to your friends . You can send picture , text or voice messages through this app . Once you compose your message , you can encrypt your message on your phone and send it to your friends through SMS or MMS or even post it on your Facebook page . If you are sending a voice message, you can use any of the two voice filters to give a Sci-Fi feeling to your voice message , as you have seen in Sci-FI movies . In order to decrypt the message your friend needs to have the app installed on his phone .

Features :

“DECRYPT“: Decrypt pictures and text messages that have been encrypted by other H_IDE by Watch_Dogs users.

“H_IDENTITY“: Your member identity card, showcasing your ranking among the hackers of the community, and where you can unlock exclusive Watch_Dogs goodies.

“H_IDE STORE“: Dreaming of being a hacker like Aiden Pearce? You should find what you need in the H_IDE Store

Go ahead and send a encrypted message to your friends with HIDE , and have fun . Watchdogs is slated for release later this year on September 19 . The game will release simultaneously on PC , PS3 , Xbox and the Next-Gen Xbox One and PS4 consoles . And as the Ubisoft has to say ,With H_IDE by Watch_Dogs, disappear from the network and keep your personal communications off the radar! .

The H_IDE app is available for all Android and iOS devices . You can download them below :

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